‘Don’t Feel Anything’ – Serena Williams’ Old-School Response With an Emotional ‘Compton’ Touch While Responding to a Serious Tennis Question

Serena Williams, while being one of the best tennis players in the modern era, is also among the richest athletes in the world. Due to her stellar performance over the years, Serena has earned a lot in prize money. Apart from that, the former world number 1 has also done well in the field of business.

When Serena started her journey, she came from a problematic neighborhood. The facilities were poor and so was her equipment. Later, when Serena climbed the ladder, her humility remained. The 41-year-old recently admitted that she never cared about changing the rackets until it was something huge. Here’s what she said.

Serena Williams never cared about changing her racket

When young tennis aspirant start their journey, they go for basic and cheaper equipment. Later with time, and after getting sponsors, they strive for quality. In tennis, there’s no bigger name than Serena Williams. While her team makes sure she uses the best rackets, the legend herself never cared about them.

Speaking about the same in the Wilson Tennis family dinner, the 41-year-old revealed that coming from a financially weaker background, she never had the luxury of going for quality equipment and that’s why changing the rackets is the least of her concerns.

“For me to notice a difference, it must be a real difference. I do the same string I’ve been doing since I can’t remember. I don’t know, I just don’t feel anything. Honestly, every time I try to feel something, I go back and say, Serena, you are from Compton. After all the things that we had to go through and then I think of the courts and I think of the dead balls and I just don’t feel anything,” Serena said.

She further added, “But when I do feel something, I always look at my hitter and coach and I’m like something is off. Because I’m feeling something way off.”

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While there’s a lot of emphasis on the rackets and strings, the greatest tennis player in the sport cared very little about the quality of their equipment. It proves that the only thing important is the skill and dedication of a player.

Serena revealed how people judge her nature based on her looks

Serena has been an incredible tennis player. However, the former world number once revealed in an interview that people used to think she was mean. That hurt her even more because the perception came from how she looked, rather than her behavior.

Serena said that women from her community (African-American) are considered fierce and mean. The 23-time Grand Slam champion also gave an example of her archrival, Maria Sharapova. According to Serena, the Russian star kept her distance from people, but everyone thought she was nicer.

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This was one of the many challenges Serena had to go through. However, no challenge in her way was strong enough to stop Serena from achieving her goals.

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